Performance comparison of IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11n in the presence of interference from 802.15.4 networks

TL;DR

This study compares the performance of IEEE 802.11g and 802.11n Wi-Fi standards under interference from IEEE 802.15.4 networks, focusing on packet error rate and throughput using MATLAB simulations.

Contribution

It provides a comparative analysis of 802.11g and 802.11n performance under interference, highlighting their robustness and efficiency differences.

Findings

802.11n shows lower packet error rates than 802.11g under interference.

Throughput of 802.11n is higher than 802.11g in interference conditions.

Simulation results demonstrate the impact of interference on Wi-Fi performance.

Abstract

In this paper we compare the packet error rate (PER) and maximum throughput of IEEE 802.11n and IEEE 802.11g under interference from IEEE 802.15.4 by using MATLAB to simulate the IEEE PHY for 802.11n and 802.11g networks.